The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has granted airBaltic (BT, Riga) a Foreign Air Carrier Permit and Route Exemption authority thereby allowing it to offer scheduled and charter passenger, cargo and mail flights between the United States and the European Union.
The Latvian carrier plans to codeshare with Uzbekistan Airways (HY, Tashkent International) on the latter's bi-weekly Tashkent International-Riga-New York JFK service once all regulatory permits are in place.
“This summer, airBaltic has significantly improved its service and timetable from airports around the Baltic Sea, adding new routes and expanding existing partnerships," Christophe Viatte, Chief Commercial Officer of airBaltic, said. "We are especially pleased about expanding our code share agreement with Uzbekistan Airways, and thus being able to offer the much anticipated route to the global centre of fashion, finance, culture and art – New York City - to our customers from the Baltic region and beyond.”
